ROUND 3 / JANUARY 20, 2024
SNAPDRAGON STADIUM / SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
SUPERCROSS I MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS SERIES / SUPERMOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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than it was to ride all out. My
goal for the night was to just go
out there and ride all out and
whatever happens, happens. It
worked out good."
Garrett Marchbanks finished
second after leading the major-
ity of the 250SX main event.
Marchbanks,
who's asserted
himself as a front-runner this
season, made his way to the
lead as he used his tall stature
to clean the crucial whoop sec
-
tion and pass RJ Hampshire.
became tangled
with a lapped
rider. Thrasher moved into the
lead and continued to jump key
sections while managing the gap
and dealing with his own lap-
pers late in the race. He crossed
just
one second clear of second
place to take his first win since
the Arlington round of 2023.
"I was trying to do every-
thing and ride it like it was dry,"
Thrasher
said. "That was my
goal going into the main event.
It was tougher to ride cautiously
250SX WEST
The 250SX West division fea-
tured another dramatic race,
as
Nate Thrasher became the
third different winner in as many
rounds. Thrasher, who missed
most of last season with an
injury, got back to his winning
ways in San Diego. The Tennes-
see native stayed in the hunt
for the entire
race, running in
a podium position and pounc-
ing in the final four laps when
then-leader Garrett
Marchbanks
Nate Thrasher put
himself on the top
step of the box in the
250SX West main.
